Ande....having read your blog and a few others and seeing some of the times you've posted...as well as some of the mnd boggling in season/unrested swims going on this college and USS season I thought I'd bring up the topic of swimming fast in workout and in unrested meets.
Having always been a VERY slow workout swimmer as well as a poor untapered swimmer I'm always amazed at how fast others can go in those situations. But I have noticed that those same swimmers don't necessarilly have big drops for meets they rest and shave for.
So after seeing Michael Klueh from Texas go 4:11 unrested in the 500, my evil twin go 21.8/47.7 unrested (and at altitude), hearing you went 22.0 50 free and 2:00 in the 200 back at workout the question for everyone is what do you see in your own situations?
Note; one thing that a few of us have noticed is that big old clydesadle types like me usually are the ones that drop the most from resting....little jackrabbits like JS swim fast all the time and don't seem to take as big of drops rested.
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Well as a relatively new competitor, I have found I do improve at the meet after some sort of rest/taper plan.
I've increased my yardage this year and last weekend went to a meet after swimming for 6 days back to back, I normally swim 3 x a week; I got 2 days rest ahead of the swim. I had also had some sort of flu the week before the intense training. period.
At a Zones type facility:
My 100FR PB is 1:06:66 (based off of a SCM convert to SCY)
My 50FR PB is 28:05 (Converted)
Last weekend in a typical Ymca pool: 6 lanes, 10-12ft at the dive, to about 6ft by the turn. I went 1:07:01 and I went a :29.02.
I think that considering my PB's came after at least a week or two of lighter swimming as a taper, my times at the meet weren't bad. On my separate sprint workout day I can go just sub 1:10 at my workout pool on a 100FR from a push. So I hope with a good taper and a deeper pool I might do better than my current PB.
Well as a relatively new competitor, I have found I do improve at the meet after some sort of rest/taper plan.
I've increased my yardage this year and last weekend went to a meet after swimming for 6 days back to back, I normally swim 3 x a week; I got 2 days rest ahead of the swim. I had also had some sort of flu the week before the intense training. period.
At a Zones type facility:
My 100FR PB is 1:06:66 (based off of a SCM convert to SCY)
My 50FR PB is 28:05 (Converted)
Last weekend in a typical Ymca pool: 6 lanes, 10-12ft at the dive, to about 6ft by the turn. I went 1:07:01 and I went a :29.02.
I think that considering my PB's came after at least a week or two of lighter swimming as a taper, my times at the meet weren't bad. On my separate sprint workout day I can go just sub 1:10 at my workout pool on a 100FR from a push. So I hope with a good taper and a deeper pool I might do better than my current PB.
